“有恃无恐”“爱挑刺”的员工更容易越轨创新吗?

Are Employees Who are Emboldened and Picky More Likely to Produce Bootleg Innovation Behavior?

当前,新一代员工日益成为企业创新主体,他们挑战权威,批判传统,甚至于突破规范或违反命令开展越轨创新行为。基于资源保存理论,将中国式上下级关系视为一种条件资源,一方面从资源功能视角,探讨中国式上下级关系通过心理安全感对越轨创新行为的作用机制;另一方面从资源利用视角,分析批判性思维对该作用机制的调节效应。实证研究结果表明:良好的上下级关系能正向影响下级员工的越轨创新行为,且这种影响是通过下级的心理安全感产生的,即心理安全感在两者间起中介作用,而作为个体特征的批判性思维调节了该中介作用。为此,提出上级应主动打破权力壁垒,维护发展与下属的关系,培养下属的心理安全感,从而激励员工的越轨创新行为。

The new generation of post-90s and post-00s employees is increasingly becoming the main body of innovation.They challenge authority,criticize tradition,and even break the norms or violate orders to carry out bootleg innovation behaviors.Based on conservation of resource theory,this study takes Chinese supervisor-subordinate Guanxi as a conditional resource.From the perspective of the function of the resource itself,this study explores the mechanism of Chinese supervisor-subordinate Guanxi through psychological security on the bootleg innovation behavior,and then discusses the moderating effect of critical thinking on the influence mechanism from the perspective of the utilization of resources.The empirical study of 301 questionnaires shows that supervisor-subordinate Guanxi can positively influence the bootleg innovation behavior of employees,and this influence is generated through the psychological security of employees,that is,psychological security plays a mediating role between them.Critical thinking as an individual characteristic moderates the mediating effect.This study further suggests that superiors should take the initiative to break down power barriers,maintain and develop relationships with subordinates,and foster a sense of psychological security in subordinates to encourage bootleg innovation behaviors.